Top Items:
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Another Fake Reuters Photo from Lebanon — Another photo by Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj has been shown to be doctored. The photo, which proports to be of an Israeli F-16 firing missiles on Lebanon has been doctored to make the photo seem more sensational. — Here is the original Reuters photo along with its caption.
RELATED ITEMS:
Reuters:
Reuters drops freelance Lebanese photographer over image — Source: Reuters — LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Reuters, the global news and information agency, told a freelance Lebanese photographer on Sunday it would not use any more of his pictures after he doctored an image of the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Beirut.
Dan / Riehl World View:
Hajj Busted Again - Two Media Busts In One — Update: CHIT! I just clicked back and it dawned on me DOH! That's likely the sand showing through the door. Dammit. — Fortunately, there's enough else there to, I believe, disprove the ambulance theory.
Discussion:
Confederate Yankee
Jerusalem Post:
Reuters admits to doctoring Beirut photo — In the most recent in a series of online controversies to take on the mainstream media, a series of Web sites discredited a Reuters photograph of the fighting in Lebanon, forcing the news agency to issue an apology and remove the image from their archives.
Forkum / Cox & Forkum:
First Casualty — This weekend, Charles Johnson uncovered yet another breach of journalistic integrity: Reuters Doctoring Photos from Beirut?. Reuters has since killed the bogus photo and posted the original, unaltered photo. Apparently the photograher thought the photo of Beirut being bombed wasn't dramatic enough.
Discussion:
Ace of Spades HQ, The Jawa Report, Ynetnews, Riehl World View, protein wisdom and TigerHawk
New York Times:
Lieberman Makes Final Push to Fend Off Lamont — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and his Democratic challenger, Ned Lamont, spent the final Sunday of their Connecticut primary race reaching out to voters at church, while Mr. Lieberman also prepared to deliver a major speech this evening on the war in Iraq.
Discussion:
TBogg
RELATED ITEMS:
Media Matters for America:
ABC's Roberts: "Disaster" for party if Democrats nominate candidate who agrees with Americans on Iraq … During a panel discussion on the August 6 broadcast of ABC's This Week, ABC News chief congressional analyst Cokie Roberts asserted that it would be "a disaster for the Democratic Party" …
Ynetnews:
Israeli Arabs: Finish off Nasrallah — Latest barrage on city of Haifa leaves three killed, dozens wounded. Injured recall: We heard sirens, didn't escape in time. Israeli Arabs agree over Israel's failure to 'finish off' Nasrallah once and for all — Vered Luvitch
RELATED ITEMS:
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israel strikes Qana after rocket barrage — KFAR GILADI, Israel - Hezbollah guerrillas unleashed their deadliest rocket attack on northern Israel on Sunday, killing 12 reserve soldiers with a single missile at this kibbutz and killing at least three people and wounding dozens more with a barrage against Haifa.
Inigo Gilmore / Observer:
Israeli pilots 'deliberately miss' targets — Fliers admit aborting raids on civilian targets as concern grows over the reliability of intelligence — At least two Israeli fighter pilots have deliberately missed civilian targets in Lebanon as disquiet grows in the military about flawed intelligence, The Observer has learnt.
Discussion:
Preemptive Karma
RELATED ITEMS:
Billmon / Whiskey Bar:Unsound Methods — I wrote a few days ago that Israeli political …
Discussion:
Needlenose
DFH / Drinking From Home:
Extreme Makeover - Beirut Edition — Either this woman is the unluckiest multiple home-owner in Beirut, or something isn't quite right. … Same clothes, same scar on her left cheek, same mark under her right eye. Two pictures of the same woman, maybe even taken on the same day. — So, what gives?
Discussion:
Ace of Spades HQ
Mary Pemberton / Associated Press:
Major Alaskan oil field shutting down — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In a sudden blow to the nation's oil supply, half the production on Alaska's North Slope was being shut down Sunday after BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. discovered severe corrosion in a Prudhoe Bay oil transit line.
New York Times:
A Timetable Isn't an Exit Strategy — As America's military experience in Iraq grows ever more nightmarish, it is becoming clear that President Bush's strategy comes down to this: Keep holding to a failing course for the next 29 months and leave it to the next administration to clean up the mess.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Connecticut Primary Is D-Day For Joe Lieberman And The Democratic Party — This has been reposted from yesterday at the top of this site due to interest and an update. — Tuesday is truly "D-Day" for Joe Lieberman and the Democratic party. — For Lieberman, will it be the day Democrats defeat …
Discussion:
Hullabaloo, The Glittering Eye, Hartford Courant, Liberty and Justice, Middle Earth Journal and Macsmind
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced — "Disproportion" is the concept of the moment. Do you know how to play? Let's say 150 missiles are lobbed at northern Israel from the Lebanese village of Qana and the Israelis respond with missiles of their own that kill 28 people.
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
